A journey through gaming
A journey through gaming
The Coleco Tabletop Arcade Collection is a series of miniature arcade cabinet replicas that first released in 1982 by Coleco Industries, Inc. Coleco entered the video game market in 1976 with their Telstar line of dedicated home consoles. When the market for dedicated home consoles became oversaturated with Pong clones Coleco transitioned into handheld electronic games, a market popularized by Mattel.
The Mega Jet is a handheld portable device designed and manufactured by Sega. Released exclusively in Japan, the partial handheld console was marketed towards airline travelers. The Mega Jet was a portable version of the Sega Mega Drive that was available for rent aboard Japan Airlines (JAL).
The Nomad is a fifth-generation handheld video game console designed and manufactured by Sega. Released exclusively in North America in October 1995 the console was inspired by a semi-portable handheld game console that was exclusively released in Japan.
Game Gear is a Fourth-Generation handheld video game console designed and manufactured by Sega. Released on October 6, 1990 in Japan the system became Sega’s first entry into the handheld video game market. The 8-bit system released in North America and Europe on April 26, 1991 becoming the primary competition for Nintendo’s Game Boy.
Game & Watch was a series of handheld video game systems designed and manufactured by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Conceived and created by Gunpei Yokoi, each Game & Watch handheld featured a single dedicated built in game. The series of handhelds were Nintendo’s first entry into the handheld video game market and was Nintendo’s first home consumer product to gain mainstream success.